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Market participants should then closely watch China’s gross domestic product (GDP) data due Tuesday (April 16), seeking clues if China would further boost liquidity to support markets.

Using Trading Central's Market Buzz for understanding premarket moves, EasyJet has been identified as an interesting choice.

The Energy Sector Fund ETF (XLE) has emerged as the top-performing S&P 500 sector ETF, with an impressive return of 17.1 per cent. In light of this, we aimed to identify U.S. energy stocks that stand out as outliers within this uptrend.

Another set of key economic data on Japan will be released on the coming Monday (April 1). According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the Bank of Japan Tankan Large Manufacturers Index is expected to dip to 11 in the first quarter.

U.S. industrial stocks that appear compelling from quantitative, trend-following and earnings-growth perspectives.

Last week, major U.S. stock indexes then jumped to record highs after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could still cut its key interest rates by at least 0.75 percentage points by the year's end. Another set of key U.S. inflation data will be released on the coming Friday (March 29). Meanwhile most markets will be closed on Friday (March 29) for Good Friday Holiday.

Using Trading Central Options Insight, we filtered for bullish strategies to ride the PSX uptrend.

According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the Bank of Japan (BoJ) could raise its key interest rate to 0.000% from -0.100% on Tuesday (March 19). Meanwhile, central banks of the U.S., the U.K. and Australia will also set interest rates within the week.

Price trend-focused opportunities in U.S. listed equities.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will make his semiannual monetary policy report to Congress in the coming week. Investors will certainly focus on Powell’s tone (hawkish or dovish?) to gauge the timing of the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut.

U.S.-listed technology stocks with strong earnings and revenue growth, using a quantamental strategy.

On February 13 (Tuesday), U.S. data showed hotter-than-expected inflation in January, dampening market sentiment and weighing on stocks on that day, as investors largely expected the Federal Reserve not to cut interest rates in March. February 29 (Thursday) will see the release of another set of inflation data which investors should watch closely.

Japan's economy has already slipped into a recession, as gross domestic product (GDP) contracted in two consecutive quarters (the third & fourth quarters of 2023). Investors are therefore keen to know if Japan could show some signs of economic resilience. According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", Japan’s Exports could grow 9.5% on year in January.

U.S. rate-sensitive stocks that may benefit from a ceiling on and subsequent decrease in the target interest rate established by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

China’s government will report January inflation data on Thursday (February 8). According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the country should continue to see deflation as consumer prices may fall 0.4% on year. In case of persistent deflation and a further economic slowdown, we could expect the government to launch extra fiscal and monetary measures to stimulate the economy.

With U.S. stock indexes consistently reaching record levels, we conducted a screening process to pinpoint standout opportunities in the U.S. equity market. Despite the general rise benefiting most stocks, our goal is to identify potential opportunities that might differ from the mainstream. We’re specifically looking at stocks where the underlying fundamentals may tell a unique story.

Investors are watching closely the coming week’s U.S. official jobs report, checking if the labor market remains resilient, in which case expectations of the Fed cutting rates soon could cool further. According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", addition of Non-Farm Payrolls may slow to 175,000 in January with the Unemployment Rate staying at 3.7%. And the Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 5.50% on Wednesday (January 31).

U.S.-listed health care stocks with strong earnings and low debt.

Inflation in Japan has shown signs of easing, and traders are now watching closely if this could help take some pressure off the Bank of Japan to exit years of ultra-loose monetary policy. Japan’s Core Inflation Rate (due Friday, January 19) is expected to slow further to 2.3% on year in December.